Günther Förg : a fragile beauty / with contributions by Kirsty Bell, Gavin Delahunty, Lisa Le Feuvre, Liam Gillick, Megan R. Luke, Lauren Richman, Beatrix Ruf, Jeffrey Saletnik, Matthew S. Witkovsky.

Gunther Förg (1952-2013) was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer with an irreverent approach to abstraction. Förg's project tackled the latent instability between image and reality. His painterly surfaces may appear exquisitely sensitive, his installations elegantly precise, but these are m...

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Main Authors: Bell, Kirsty (Author)
Delahunty, Gavin (Author)
Le Feuvre, Lisa (Author)
Gillick, Liam, 1964- (Author)
Luke, Megan R., 1977- (Author)
Richman, Lauren (Author)
Ruf, Beatrix (Author)
Saletnik, Jeffrey (Author)
Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum (Publisher, Issuing body, Organizer, Host institution)
Dallas Museum of Art (Publisher, Issuing body, Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Förg, Günther, 1952-2013 (Artist)
Artega, Agustin (writer of foreword.)
Sieburgh, Jan Willem, 1950- (writer of foreword.)
Fox, Martin, 1974- (Editor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Dallas, Texas : Amsterdam, Netherlands : Dallas Museum of Art ; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam /, [2018]
Subjects:
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Exhibitions.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Themes, motives.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Expositions.
Art, Abstract > Germany > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, Abstract > Germany > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, German > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, German > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German.
Bronzeplastik.
Fotografie.
Malerei.
Peinture allemande > Expositions.
Photographie artistique > Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:245 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Fragile beauty
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Förg in the Stedelijk / Beatrix Ruf
  • Günther Förg : Apparitions of modernism / Gavin Delahunty
  • Hall of mirrors / Megan R. Luke
  • "I am not a sculptor" : This unsatisfactory sculpture of Günther Förg / Lisa le Feuvre
  • A classicist at heart : Günther Förg and the modernist tradition / Jeffrey Saletnik
  • Elusive rationality / Liam Gillick and Matthew S. Witkovsky in conversation, with reflections from the interviews of Günther Förg
  • Günther Förg and the edges of the visual field / Kirsty Bell
  • Chronology / Lauren Richman.